NASA spots single methane leak from space for the first time
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 - 06:01
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time, an instrument onboard an orbiting spacecraft has measured the methane emissions from a single, specific leaking facility on Earth's surface. The observation—by the Hyperion spectrometer on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1)—is an important breakthrough in our ability to eventually measure and monitor emissions of this potent greenhouse gas from space.